Live cleanest global major city ranking
The hourly major city ranking compares AQI⁺ values for more than 100 global cities. Click to learn more.

2025

World Air Quality Report

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AQI⁺ US legend

0-50Good

51-100Moderate

101-150Unhealthy for sensitive groups

151-200Unhealthy

201-300Very unhealthy

301+Hazardous

Rank	Major city, country/region	AQI⁺ US	Followers
1	Stockholm, Sweden	8	248.1K followers
2	Sydney, Australia	9	1.8M followers
3	Melbourne, Australia	9	848.5K followers
4	Canberra, Australia	17	489.1K followers
5	Kraków, Poland	17	601.4K followers
6	Warsaw, Poland	17	810K followers
7	Auckland, New Zealand	17	250.2K followers
8	Copenhagen, Denmark	17	204.3K followers
9	San Francisco, USA	18	1.1M followers
10	Portland, USA	19	431.3K followers
11	Helsinki, Finland	22	220.7K followers
12	Yangon, Myanmar	22	228.1K followers
13	Houston, USA	23	132.8K followers
14	Vancouver, Canada	23	553.4K followers
15	Seattle, USA	26	776.1K followers
16	Almaty, Kazakhstan	26	825.5K followers
17	Kyiv, Ukraine	27	661K followers
18	Oslo, Norway	27	190.4K followers
19	London, United Kingdom	28	1.2M followers
20	Tokyo, Japan	28	1.7M followers
21	Seoul, South Korea	28	17.5M followers
22	Busan, South Korea	28	1.1M followers
23	Incheon, South Korea	29	192.1K followers
24	Berlin, Germany	29	845.7K followers
25	Wrocław, Poland	29	442K followers
26	Lisbon, Portugal	32	202.6K followers
27	Bogota, Colombia	32	143.6K followers
28	Chiang Mai, Thailand	33	16M followers
29	Montreal, Canada	33	345.2K followers
30	Wuhan, China	33	637.4K followers
31	Amsterdam, Netherlands	34	559.9K followers
32	Rotterdam, Netherlands	35	187.6K followers
33	Toronto, Canada	37	1.1M followers
34	Bangkok, Thailand	38	17.1M followers
35	Barcelona, Spain	39	615.7K followers
36	Kyoto, Japan	39	264.9K followers
37	Vienna, Austria	39	479.8K followers
38	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	39	1.1M followers
39	Nice, France	39	596.7K followers
40	Medan, Indonesia	39	1.4M followers
41	Brussels, Belgium	39	348.7K followers
42	Prague, Czech Republic	42	285.4K followers
43	Dublin, Ireland	43	122.4K followers
44	Shanghai, China	44	3.4M followers
45	Los Angeles, USA	45	16.1M followers
46	Bratislava, Slovakia	45	87K followers
47	Birmingham, United Kingdom	45	364.1K followers
48	Ljubljana, Slovenia	46	204.3K followers
49	Paris, France	47	15.2M followers
50	Sao Paulo, Brazil	47	180.2K followers
51	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	48	132.1K followers
52	Rome, Italy	48	421.3K followers
53	Kobe, Japan	50	67.9K followers
54	Osaka, Japan	50	654.8K followers
55	Moscow, Russia	50	1.2M followers
56	Hangzhou, China	50	783.6K followers
57	Chicago, USA	51	220.7K followers
58	Sofia, Bulgaria	52	272.5K followers
59	Lyon, France	52	698.4K followers
60	Taipei, Taiwan	53	1.5M followers
61	Pristina, Kosovo	53	112K followers
62	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	55	2.9M followers
63	Kathmandu, Nepal	55	444.7K followers
64	Athens, Greece	55	185.8K followers
65	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	55	1.1M followers
66	Chengdu, China	55	2.4M followers
67	Skopje, North Macedonia	56	248K followers
68	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	56	604.8K followers
69	Budapest, Hungary	57	159.5K followers
70	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	58	775.5K followers
71	Johannesburg, South Africa	58	110.2K followers
72	Kabul, Afghanistan	58	62.1K followers
73	Algiers, Algeria	58	49.9K followers
74	Mumbai, India	59	1.8M followers
75	Bucharest, Romania	59	208.5K followers
76	Manila, Philippines	60	362K followers
77	Minneapolis, USA	61	92.6K followers
78	Detroit, USA	61	75.6K followers
79	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	63	1.2M followers
80	Bern, Switzerland	63	217.1K followers
81	Istanbul, Turkey	64	551.1K followers
82	Munich, Germany	64	692.3K followers
83	Tehran, Iran	65	1.6M followers
84	Chongqing, China	66	501.1K followers
85	New York, USA	66	2.5M followers
86	Belgrade, Serbia	66	1.3M followers
87	Accra, Ghana	66	27K followers
88	Baku, Azerbaijan	66	85.2K followers
89	Lima, Peru	67	66.8K followers
90	Beijing, China	68	18.2M followers
91	Shenzhen, China	69	854.8K followers
92	Madrid, Spain	73	769.3K followers
93	Hanoi, Vietnam	75	3.6M followers
94	Cairo, Egypt	75	273.7K followers
95	Guangzhou, China	77	2M followers
96	Karachi, Pakistan	80	306.6K followers
97	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	80	36.1K followers
98	Kolkata, India	81	1.6M followers
99	Singapore, Singapore	82	1.3M followers
100	Dhaka, Bangladesh	85	489K followers
101	Washington D.C., USA	88	176K followers
102	Zagreb, Croatia	89	268.2K followers
103	Salt Lake City, USA	91	261.8K followers
104	Nairobi, Kenya	94	78K followers
105	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	95	17.6K followers
106	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	98	390.3K followers
107	Denver, USA	102	2M followers
108	Milan, Italy	102	507.3K followers
109	Dakar, Senegal	103	50.2K followers
110	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	107	1.5M followers
111	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	107	234.4K followers
112	Mexico City, Mexico	107	615.9K followers
113	Kuwait City, Kuwait	107	170.6K followers
114	Jerusalem, Israel	109	98.1K followers
115	Baghdad, Iraq	110	288.2K followers
116	Santiago, Chile	112	176.9K followers
117	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	140	1.1M followers
118	Doha, Qatar	145	327.2K followers
119	Lahore, Pakistan	149	1.1M followers
120	Manama, Bahrain	149	79.2K followers
121	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	152	1.1M followers
122	Jakarta, Indonesia	167	2.2M followers
123	Kampala, Uganda	167	39.2K followers
124	Kuching, Malaysia	173	80K followers
125	Delhi, India	183	3.3M followers